Santa Cruz Regional 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Santa Cruz Regional 911 is a joint powers authority in Santa Cruz County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.1 50 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Santa Cruz Regional 911 in 2025. No official pay ranges were reported for these positions, so we can't tell who worked the full year and show no pay figures.

Official pay range2

Not reported

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers2

Not reported

911 dispatchers
50
full-year count unknown: no official ranges
Median overtime
Not reported
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
most common, as reported
Health, dental and vision
Not reported
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Santa Cruz Regional 911 pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks what full-year staff in that title took home (median), where at least 5 people stand behind it.2

  1. Public Safety Dispatcher IRange not reported · 9 people
    not reported
  2. Public Safety Dispatcher IIRange not reported · 35 people
    not reported
  3. Public Safety Dispatcher IIIRange not reported · 6 people
    not reported

official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Santa Cruz Regional 911

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Santa Cruz Regional 911 get?

The most common pension formula among Santa Cruz Regional 911's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.

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Sources for the Santa Cruz Regional 911 figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Santa Cruz Regional 911 at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Take-home is total wages, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Medians don't add up: the median base plus the median overtime isn't the median total. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
  2. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Santa Cruz Regional 911.

How we read the data